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Shuffle Rhythm

By fiddlejamman on February 4, 2013 in “Tater”, Beyond the Book, Blues, Boogie Woogie, By Ear, By Feeling, Cajun-Zydeco, Celtic-Irish-Fiddle, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, Fiddle Jam, Folk Fiddle, Fusion, Gigger Level, Gypsy Jazz Violin, Heavy Metal, HipHop, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jam Band, Jammer Level, Jamming 102, Jazz, Lesson List, Memphis Country Blues, Old Time Fiddle, Reggae violin, Rock, Roots Rock, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle

Now we get to the really cool stuff! SHUFFLE RHYTHM * (my personal favorite) *Note: Shuffle Rhythm is not to be confused with shuffle bowing from old-time fiddling style music which is many times taught as “potato-potato,” “run pony-run pony” or, “grasshopper- grasshopper” in beginning violin classes or, staff-wise: What

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BOOGIE WOOGIE PATTERNS

By fiddlejamman on February 4, 2013 in “Tater”, Beyond the Book, Blues, Boogie Woogie, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, Fiddle Jam, Folk Fiddle, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jazz, Lesson List, Memphis Country Blues, Old Time Fiddle, Rock, Roots Rock, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle

THE BOOGIE WOOGIE PATTERNS Here’s the basics for the open string based D, G, and A, Boogie Woogie patterns. boo – gie – woo – gie boo – gie – woo – gie boo – gie – woo – gie Want to learn more about things like this? Click here

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BOOGIE WOOGIE SECTION

By fiddlejamman on February 4, 2013 in “Tater”, Beginner Violin, Beyond the Book, Blues, Blues Scale, Boogie Woogie, By Key, By Scale, By Topic, Cajun-Zydeco, Cornerstone Styles, Country, D major, D minor, Fiddle Jam, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Isms, Skisms & Hybrids, Jammer Level, Jamming 101, Jazz, Lesson List, Major Pentatonic Scale, Memphis Country Blues, Music Philosophy, Old Time Fiddle, Rock, Roots Rock, Section/Title Pages, Style Studies, Swamp Fiddle, Wit & Wisdom

About BOOGIE WOOGIE (see links to individual Boogie Woogie lessons below) Unfortunately, we really can’t just go “nuts” all the time! (see “Gig Etiquette” for more info on this) It may be fun for a while (especially when we are just starting out) and important to get things

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Ashokian Farewell Lessons

By fiddlejamman on January 16, 2013 in By Key, By Scale, Cornerstone Styles, D major, Fiddle Tunes, Folk Fiddle, Gigger Level, Jammer Level, Lesson List, Major Scale, Style Studies

A beautiful song written by Jay Ungar. It was used as the main theme music for Ken Burns Civil War series. It sounds very mid-1800’s for sure, but was actually written in 1985! It is a great tune. I have often played it at funerals (even my own grandmother’s recently).

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Groove Toodz E minor

By fiddlejamman on January 9, 2013 in A-toodz, Artist Level, Blues Scale, Dorian Mode, E minor, Gigger Level, Groove Toodz, Lesson List, Minor Pentatonic Scale

Groove Toodz are short practice licks, riffs, & tunes to put your A-toodz studies to real-life use. Named “groove” to remind what they are intended for… practice for what it takes to mentally lock in with a steady beat and keep going, no matter what… just like it is with

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